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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



VIOLAS AT WISLEY, 1904-1910. 



The following list shows in descending order the behaviour of a 

 number of varieties of Violas at Wisley, where they were first planted 

 for trial purposes in 1904 (see Jouenal E.H.S., voL xxxi. (1906), 

 pp. 240-244). The plants have been grown continuously, without 

 watering in the summer and without protection in the winter. 



Group 1. — Have grown and flowered well every year. 



Violetta. 

 Kate Hay. 

 Ardwell Gem. 

 Archibald Grant. 



Klondyke. 

 Blue Bell. 



Bobbie's Blue Bedder 



Group 2. — Succeeded not quite so well. 



Lucy Franklin. Amy Barr. 



Flower of Spring. Maggie Mott. 



Primrose Dame. Eldorado. 



Blue Cloud. Blue Duchess. 



Group 3. — Succeeded fairly well. 

 White Empress. | 

 Formidable. ! 

 Jennie. i 

 Lord Elcho. I 



Lizzie Paul. 

 White Duchess. 

 Duchess of Fife. 



Group 4. — Grew and flowered rather poorly. 



Nellie. 



Eoyal Sovereign. 

 Mrs. 0. F. Gordon. 

 Edina (1906-1910). 



Group. 5. — Grew and flowered poorly. 



Mrs. J. W. McCrae. 

 Mary Eobertson. 

 Mrs. James Lindsey. 

 Lark. 

 Eobin. 

 Symphony. 

 J. C. Erskine. 



Miss Eobertson. 

 Charles Jordan. 

 Blue Boy. 



Admiral of the Blues. 



Ada Fuller. 

 Saturn. 



Mrs. Brousson. 

 Bessie Clarke. 

 Councillor Watters. 

 Jennie McCall. 



